Modelos de produção enxuta destinados à viabilização de vantagens competitivas

Abstract

This paper shows the findings of a recent research relating to the conceptual basis of the lean production and its profits to industrial organizations. It indicates that lean production is a combination of production practices from a number of theories, tools and techniques, oriented to the concept of value definition, value chain characterization, inputs and products flows, pull production scheduling and continuos improvement – kaizen. It concludes showing five lean production models shaped according to specific competitive dimensions prioritized to the market sharing that a company is competing.